RT Journal
A1 Thalberg R, Thalberg S
T1 Tales of the unnatural: Correction
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1999
FD April 7
VO 281
IS 13
SP 1174
OP 1174
DO 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-13-jbk0407
UL http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-13-jbk0407
AB
To the Editor: While traveling, my father (S.T.)
brought a 20-lb stack of journals to read on the airplane, and I was
working on my World Literature homework. As a senior in high school, I
was reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland1 and
Through the Looking Glass.2 My father was reading
"Tales of the Unnatural: Return From the Dean(d)" in
JAMA.3 My father pointed out the section relating
to the Red Queen. Dr Hellman writes: "The other phenomenon associated
with regression to the mean is described by the Red Queen, who, in
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, responds to Alice's
concern that, while she is running, the scenery does not seem to
change." The author then quotes the Red Queen: "[I]t takes
all the running you can do to stay in the same place." However,
although the author cites
Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland1 as the source, the statement
made by the
Red Queen is in the sequel,
Through the Looking
Glass.2